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Rangers fans on Twitter were fuming at the referee in yesterday’s loss

Rangers fans will be getting quite used to have shocking poor referees at the moment. It seems that whatever competition they’re playing in they manage to get let down by the officials, and last night they felt the same when the referee gave a shocking booking to Ryan Jack whilst under pressure from the Rapid Wien players, a moment that led to plenty of groaning from the Gers.

The Gers have been on the wrong end of a lot of red cards this season so far. A lot of that is down to some shocking disciplinary issues from Steven Gerrard’s side, but at the same time they just haven’t been getting lucky with their officials whatsoever and a number of their dismissals this season could have been prevented had the referees controlling their games not been so inept and rash.

Considering their history this season, you can see why the Bluenoses were absolutely gutted yesterday when they saw the referee dish out the booking to Ryan Jack as they believed they could well be in for another long evening where they find themselves playing with less than the full supplement of eleven men. Ultimately, they kept their heads and kept everyone on the pitch, but it still wasn’t enough as they fell to a 1-0 defeat in Austria.